To What Extent Can the Problems of the Dictionary View Be Solved by Frame Semantics?

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Cologne, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the theory of Frame Semantics, a concept developed by the American linguist Charles J. Fillmore. The basic assumption of frame semantics is that in order to understand a word properly, its "fram...